State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Business Teachers salary: Delaware vs South Dakota
Postsecondary Business Teachers in Delaware earn a median of $130,370. In South Dakota, $72,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 59.3% — not 79.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+79.4%
Delaware vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+59.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $130,370
- p25
- $79,650
- p75
- $167,870
- p10
- $54,830
- p90
- $207,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
South Dakota
Postsecondary Business Teachers
- Median
- $72,650
- p25
- $62,150
- p75
- $101,240
- p10
- $51,260
- p90
- $139,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.